. The street railway review . ds with aslarge iron firm of Philadelphia, after which he went toSouth America and installed a large amount of heavymachinery. He afterwards came to Chicago and wasin the engineering department for Messrs. Fraser &Chalmers, and had charge of the foreign correspondenceand catalogues. Mr. Potis speaks and writes four andreads several other languages. When this firm tookthe contract for a considerable part of the driving machinery of the North Chicago Cable Road, Mr-Potis informed himself upon cable matters, and hadcharge of the construction and installation of thisd
. The street railway review . ds with aslarge iron firm of Philadelphia, after which he went toSouth America and installed a large amount of heavymachinery. He afterwards came to Chicago and wasin the engineering department for Messrs. Fraser &Chalmers, and had charge of the foreign correspondenceand catalogues. Mr. Potis speaks and writes four andreads several other languages. When this firm tookthe contract for a considerable part of the driving machinery of the North Chicago Cable Road, Mr-Potis informed himself upon cable matters, and hadcharge of the construction and installation of thisdriving machinery. It was in this way that he becameknown to the United States Construction Company whowere building the West Chicago road, and he held theposition of constructing engineer for them and afterwardsfor the North Chicago Cable Road, for a period of two3ears. When the Cl3bourn Avenue Cable Line of the NorthSide road was completed his services were required bythe West Chicago Street Railroad, and he has held the. position as chief engineer ever since, and is constantlyemployed in construction work and planning improve-ments for their extensive system. He is still a youngman, and is very popular with all his acquaintances, andhas a bright future reaching out before him. Through the courtesy of W. J. Richardson, Secretaryof the American Street Railway Association, we havereceived opinions rendered by the higher courts in thecases of Patrick Fenton, vs. Second Avenue RailwayCompany, New York, the plaintiffs son having been runover and killed. OConnell, vs. St. Louis Cable Com-pany, action to recover for injuries received. MargaretONeill, vs. Dry Dock & Battery Company, New York,plaintiff, a passenger injured in a collision. ^iKi«t%lH|l^^^t€1^ 65 SMALLEST CABLE POWER HOUSE IN THE WORLD. The New Auxiliary Plant of the West Chicago Street Railroad —Boilers, Driving Machinery and a lOOO-Horse Power Engine in a Building only 25 Feet Wide — The Acme of Multum in Parvo.
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